Al A'la

1 Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

1 Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

2 Who created and proportioned

2 Allathee khalaqa fasawwa

2 Who createth, then disposeth;

3 And who destined and [then] guided

3 Waallathee qaddara fahada

3 Who measureth, then guideth;

4 And who brings out the pasture

4 Waallathee akhraja almarAAa

4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5 And [then] makes it black stubble.

5 FajaAAalahu ghuthaan ahwa

5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.

6 We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget,

6 Sanuqrioka fala tansa

6 We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

7 Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

7 Illa ma shaa Allahu innahu yaAAlamu aljahra wama yakhfa

7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

8 And We will ease you toward ease.

8 Wanuyassiruka lilyusra

8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

9 So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

9 Fathakkir in nafaAAati alththikra

9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

10 He who fears [Allah] will be reminded.

10 Sayaththakkaru man yakhsha

10 He will heed who feareth,

11 But the wretched one will avoid it -

11 Wayatajannabuha alashqa

11 But the most hapless will flout it,

12 [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

12 Allathee yasla alnnara alkubra

12 He who will be flung to the great Fire

13 Neither dying therein nor living.

13 Thumma la yamootu feeha wala yahya

13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14 He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

14 Qad aflaha man tazakka

14 He is successful who groweth,

15 And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

15 Wathakara isma rabbihi fasalla

15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

16 But you prefer the worldly life,

16 Bal tuthiroona alhayata alddunya

16 But ye prefer the life of the world

17 While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

17 Waalakhiratu khayrun waabqa

17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18 Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

18 Inna hatha lafee alssuhufi aloola

18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19 The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

19 Suhufi ibraheema wamoosa

19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.